Rep. Dana Rohrabacher reached out to the White House to offer a possible
deal to get WikiLeaks' Julian Assange out of legal jeopardy, according
to The Wall Street Journal.

Assange would offer alleged evidence that ******* did not provide *****ed
emails released by WikiLeaks last year during the presidential election.

Jacob Pramuk

A Republican congressman perceived as sympathetic to the *******
government tried to strike what he described as a "deal" with the White
House to get WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out of legal trouble with
the United States government, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

In exchange, Assange would produce alleged evidence that ******* did not
provide the *****ed emails released by WikiLeaks during the 2016
presidential election, the newspaper said. The release of those emails
appeared intended to damage the Democratic Party in an election that the
Republican Trump won.

In a phone call with White House chief of staff John Kelly on Wednesday,
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Ca., described a possible agreement to pardon
Assange or "something like that," the Journal reported. The U.S.
government is looking into WikiLeaks' release of secret government
documents in 2010, though it has not formally accused Assange of wrongdoing.

Rohrabacher's reported offer comes as a special counsel appointed by the
Justice Department and congressional committees investigate ******* s
role in influencing the 2016 election. That includes looking into
whether the Trump campaign and the Kremlin coordinated. Trump has
repeatedly denied any connections with the Kremlin.

Rohrabacher is seen as sympathetic to ******* President Vladimir Putin.
In May, a report said fellow GOP lawmaker Kevin McCarthy once joked that
"there's two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump."

A White House spokeswoman did not immediately respond to CNBC's request
for comment. CNBC could not immediately reach Rohrabacher for comment.--
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